Letter to the Editors: The Crusader Tradition

On February 6, 2017, the Editors-in-Chief of The Crusader received the following letter co-signed by 48 members of the Holy Cross faculty. Our response to the letter can be accessed here.

To the editors,

In response to the growing anti-Muslim tensions in our country, and to the fact that the Ku Klux Klan official newspaper shares the same name as our own, we the undersigned faculty members encourage the Editorial Board, and the Holy Cross student body in general, to initiate a discussion about changing the name of the Holy Cross student newspaper “The Crusader.” The College Mission Statement asserts that “[i]nformed by the presence of diverse interpretations of the human experience, Holy Cross seeks to build a community marked by freedom, mutual respect, and civility.” Acceptance and support of people from all cultures is a key aspect of this commitment. While we recognize and appreciate the long and proud tradition of the newspaper at Holy Cross, we question the value of a connection to names and imagery that are often used by others in ways counter to our mission and goals.

Yeah. Weren’t there at least half a dozen Nazi scientists who were given Nobel Prizes in various fields of science? And just years prior, Germans were burning their currency for heat because it was almost worthless otaiewese.Sprhking of irony, didn’t those early Zionists use a lot of surplus German military hardware leftover from WW2?